William Casey (1754 - 1816)

Born 1754 in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Died 1 Dec 1816 at about age 62 in Adair, Kentucky, United States

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William Casey is Notable.

William Casey was a Virginia colonist.

Colonel William Casey served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

William Casey is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A020399.

William Casey lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Colonel William Casey Casey was one of the first explorers and settlers to venture into the Green River region of Kentucky.

William Casey was born in 1754 in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America. He was the son of Benjamin Casey and Julia Carson.

He was a native of Frederick County, Virginia. He migrated to Kentucky in the winter of 1779-1780 and camped in Dick's (now Dix) River. In 1792 Casey, with a company of soldier settlers, followed Green River, crossed it south of what was later called Casey's Creek, and erected a blockhouse and fort fifty miles from the nearest white settlement. The station was named for Casey [[1]]. He was commissioned December 18, 1792, as a Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Regiment of the Green County Militia. Sincere, honest and civic-minded, he employed a traveling tutor for the early settlements and assisted in the establishment of academies in Green and Adair Counties.

In 1795, he was a member of the State House of Representatives; in 1799 a member of Kentucky's second Constitutional Convention; in 1800 a member of the State Senate. When Casey County, Kentucky was organized in 1806, it was named in his honor. ^[1]

He married Erythusa Jane Montgomery in 1782 in Lincoln, Kentucky. ^[2]

Together they had 7 children:

1. Thomas Casey
2. Margaret Mollie Casey ^[2]
3. Benjamin Casey
4. Polly Martha Casey ^[3]
5. Jenny Jane Casey ^[4]
6. Ann Casey ^[5]
7. Green Casey ^[6]

1810 census Adair county, KY. Wm Casey, living in the county- not the city. 2 males, 16-26 & 45 and up. 2 females, 16-26 & 45 and up. ^[7]

He died on December 01, 1816 in Adair, Kentucky, United States and was laid to rest in his rocking chair on in 1 Dec 1816 in Caseys Station Cemetery in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky under this inscription: "William Casey 1754-1816, Ensign Clark's Ill. Regiment, Revolutionary War." ^[8]

His will recorded in Adair County, lists his heirs as his wife, Jane; son, Green Casey; and daughters Peggy Lampton (the grandmother of Samuel Clemens); Jenny Paxton, Mollie Creel and Ann Montgomery. ^[2]

Research Notes

• I created a Wikipedia page for him and it is under review. ^[9] Dale-2823 00:14, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.kykinfolk.com/casey/wmcasey.htm Colonel William Casey accessed on 30 Aug 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Probate: "Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989"
   Will Records of Adair County, Kentucky 1805-1820; Author: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, 1923-; Probate Place: Kentucky
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9066 #470945 (accessed 30 August 2022)
   William Casey probate on 6 Jan 1817.
3. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYD-YR9 : 30 Aug 2022), William Casey in entry for John Creel, 1804.
4. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY6-WZ2 : 11 May 2022), William in entry for Robert Paxton, 1803.
5. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY6-Q8B : 30 Aug 2022), William in entry for John Montgomery, 1810.
6. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYD-TB4 : 30 Aug 2022), William Casey in entry for Green Casey, 1814.
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/278253/?offset=0#page=5&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= accessed 30 August 2022
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95907373/william-casey: accessed 30 August 2022), memorial page for Col William Casey (1754–1 Dec 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #95907373, citing Caseys Station Cemetery, Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Garland Hill (contributor 46773120)
9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:William_Casey William on Wikipedia Created in 30 Aug 2022.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 28 Sep 2022), "Record of William Casey", Ancestor # A020399.

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